I have a confession, my Friend!I may be alone, or perhaps you feel the same, in feeling concerned about 'birth plans' generally, but there is added irksomeness when it it comes to the "visual birth plan". This month I have explored my concerns in a new blog post, I am not a fan of the Visual Birth plan!

Birth beyond Leboyer40 years on, what have we learned?What has changed?and where do we go from here?

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